Every payroll you’ve run this year had a safety net: the next payroll. Missed a deduction? Catch it up next cycle. Overpaid someone? Adjust it on the following check. Forgot...Read More
The Social Security Administration made it official in October: the2027 Social Security wage base is $192,300. The OASDI tax rate itself isn’t changing — it stays at 6.2% for...Read More
Mark the date: 2026 W-2s are due to employees and must be filed by February 1, 2027, because January 31 falls on a Sunday. That extra day is the only grace you should count...Read More
Every January, payroll teams across the country discover the same hard truth: year-end was already decided weeks ago. The W-2s that go out wrong, the amended returns, the...Read More
Every payroll manager knows the shape of year-end. The regular payroll calendar does not pause, but on top of it lands everything else:W-2 preparation, final adjustments,...Read More
Ask an HR leader where their I-9s are, and you learn a lot from the pause before the answer. For many companies, the honest response is "mostly in a file cabinet, partly in a...Read More
Payday is a promise. Your people did the work, and on a specific morning, the money needs to be in their account. When it is not, nothing else you do that day matters. The...Read More
Voluntary deductions are the quiet troublemakers of payroll. A missed 401(k) change sits unnoticed for three pay periods. A charitable pledge keeps deducting six months after...Read More
Workers' compensation premiums are one of those costs most companies pay without ever really examining. The policy renews, the bill arrives, finance grumbles, everyone moves...Read More
